2009 Mackay Cutters season
Rugby league team season
The 2009 Mackay Cutters season was the second in the club 's history. Coached by Shane Muspratt and captained by Jardine Bobongie, they competed in the QRL 's Wizard Cup .[ 1] [ 2] The club finished the season in 14th, last place, winning the wooden spoon .[ 3]
Season summary
The 2009 season started strongly for the Cutters, with three straight wins before a run of nine straight losses sunk them to the bottom of the table. A 10–34 loss to the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the final game of the regular season saw them finish last on points differential. Local junior Jardine Bobongie joined the club in 2009 and won their Player of the Year award after spending the 2008 season playing for the St George Illawarra Dragons ' New South Wales Cup side. He would go on to play an influential role in their maiden premiership four years later, captaining the side in the Grand Final victory. 2009 saw the Cutters have their first Queensland Residents representative, with North Queensland Cowboys contracted prop Dayne Weston being selected in the side.[ 4]
Milestones
Round 3: The club recorded their sixth straight win, the club's longest winning streak.
Squad List
2009 squad
Mackay Cutters
First team squad
Coaching staff
Daniel Abraham – FE
Roy Baira – HK
Tony Beaumont – SR
Jardine Bobongie (c ) – LK
Craig Bowering – PR
Chance Bunce – FB
Craig Chapman – HB
Michael Comerford – WG
Quinton Fielder – PR
Daniel Flynn – FB
Chris Giumelli – WG
Kelvin Nielsen – SR
Troy Paget – CE
Tom Parker – SR
Josh Rovelli – PR
Todd Seymour – HB , FE
Bennett Smith – SR
Luke Srama – HK
Dean Tass – CE , WG
Dean Vogel – PR
Adam Walker – PR
Luke Young – FE , FB
Head coach
Legend:
(c) Captain(s)
(vc) Vice-captain(s)
The following players contracted to the North Queensland Cowboys played for the Cutters in 2009: Mitchell Achurch , Ben Farrar , Ben Harris , Shannon Hegarty , Antonio Kaufusi , Donald Malone , Anthony Perkins, Steve Rapira, Grant Rovelli , Anthony Watts and Dayne Weston .
Squad movement
Gains
Losses
Fixtures
Regular season
Date
Round
Opponent
Venue
Score
Tries
Goals
Saturday, 14 March
Round 1
Ipswich Jets
Briggs Rd Sporting Complex
18–16
Fielder, Griffiths, Lightning
Abraham (3)
Saturday, 21 March
Round 2
Easts Tigers
Mackay JRL Grounds
34–18
Lightning (2), Abraham , Baira, Bobongie, Seymour
Abraham (5)
Saturday, 28 March
Round 3
Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles
Stockland Park
22–16
Perkins (2), Fielder, Lightning , Malone
Abraham (1)
Saturday, 4 April
Round 4
Burleigh Bears
Pizzey Park
0 6–15
Hegarty
Abraham (1)
Sunday, 12 April
Round 5
Wynnum Manly Seagulls
BMD Kougari Oval
26–24
Bobongie, Farrar , Fielder, Griffiths, Perkins
Abraham (3)
Saturday, 18 April
Round 6
Redcliffe Dolphins
Dolphin Oval
12–22
Bobongie, Lightning
Abraham (2)
Saturday, 25 April
Round 7
Norths Devils
Mackay JRL Grounds
12–28
Bunce, Lightning
Abraham (2)
Saturday, 2 May
Round 8
Central Comets
Browne Park
0 6–50
Abraham
Abraham (1)
Saturday, 9 May
Round 9
Northern Pride
Barlow Park
16–34
Abraham , Bobongie, Watts
Abraham (2)
Saturday, 16 May
Round 10
Souths Logan Magpies
Mackay JRL Grounds
10–44
Malone , Paget
Abraham (1)
Saturday, 23 May
Round 11
Tweed Heads Seagulls
Mackay JRL Grounds
20–26
Flynn, Harris , Malone , Perkins
Abraham 2)
Saturday, 30 May
Round 12
Ipswich Jets
Mackay JRL Grounds
0 0–30
Saturday, 6 June
Round 13
Easts Tigers
Langlands Park
12–18
Bunce, Tass
Abraham (2)
Saturday, 20 June
Round 14
Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles
Mackay JRL Grounds
22–26
Tass (2), Perkins, Seymour
Abraham (3)
Saturday, 27 June
Round 15
Burleigh Bears
Pizzey Park
10–40
Flynn, Griffin
Malone (1)
Saturday, 10 July
Round 16
Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Mackay JRL Grounds
22–14
Moore, Perkins, Seymour, Tass
Malone (3)
Saturday, 18 July
Round 17
Redcliffe Dolphins
Mackay JRL Grounds
6–6
Griffin
Malone (1)
Sunday, 26 July
Round 18
Norths Devils
Bishop Park
12–40
Bobongie, Rovelli
Malone (2)
Sunday, 2 August
Round 19
Central Comets
Mackay JRL Grounds
16–28
Fielder, Flynn, Weston
Malone (2)
Sunday, 9 August
Round 20
Northern Pride
Mackay JRL Grounds
17–16
Flynn, Perkins, Srama
Chapman (2, 1 FG)
Sunday, 16 August
Round 21
Souths Logan Magpies
Davies Park
0 6–40
Flynn
Chapman (1)
Saturday, 22 August
Round 22
Tweed Heads Seagulls
Ned Byrne Field
10–34
Malone , Perkins
Malone (1)
Legend : Win Loss Draw Bye
Statistics
Name
T
G
FG
Pts
Daniel Abraham
3
28
-
68
Roy Baira
1
-
-
4
Jardine Bobongie
5
-
-
28
Chance Bunce
2
-
-
8
Craig Chapman
-
3
1
7
Ben Farrar
1
-
-
4
Quinton Fielder
4
-
-
16
Daniel Flynn
5
-
-
20
Matt Griffin
2-
-
-
8
Darren Griffiths
2
-
-
8
Ben Harris
1
-
-
4
Shannon Hegarty
1
-
-
4
Royston Lightning
6
-
-
24
Donald Malone
4
10
-
36
Grant Moore
1
-
-
4
Troy Paget
1
-
-
4
Anthony Perkins
8
-
-
32
Josh Rovelli
1
-
-
4
Todd Seymour
3
-
-
12
Luke Srama
1
-
-
4
Dean Tass
4
-
-
16
Anthony Watts
1
-
-
4
Dayne Weston
1
-
-
4
Totals
58
41
0
315
Honours
Club
Player of the Year: Jardine Bobongie
Sponsor's Player of the Year: Jardine Bobongie
Rookie of the Year: Darren Griffiths
Club Person of the Year: Tony Gambie
References